AV receiver recommendations?

xmp999

After many, many years of service, my old Technics receiver has finally died, so time to go shopping for a new one . I was thinking of getting a Yamaha RX-A840 or 850, but thought I'd check to see what you guys would recommend. I'm looking for something good but not overly fancy , up to about $900. This would be for a living room HT setup, about 80% movies, 20% music. My speakers are Polk RTi38 fronts, CSi30 center, Monitor 30 surrounds, PSW110 sub (I'm saving my pennies for a SVS...). Any advice?

ken brydson

If you're set on Yammy I'd step it up to the Adventage series. Personally I'd go with a Pioneer SC model.

xmp999

The RX-A840/850 is an Adventage model. I'm not really set on it, just read good things about it and it has pretty much everything I need in a receiver. Haven't looked at the pioneers too closely yet, but I'll check them out

ken brydson

My bad, didn't realize that. Can't really go wrong with either brand IMO...

Nightfall

For $900 you can get a top of the line $2,200 Yamaha. Sabre DAC's, support for FLAC from USB stick/drive, 150 watts x 2 @ 8 ohm, 40 pounds, 4k upscaling, symmetrical power amp layout... awesome AVR.

Aventage not Adventage.

EDIT: Oops forgot link

http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/yamrxa3030bl/yamaha-rx-a3030-9.2-network-aventage-av-receiver-airplay/1.html

xmp999

How good is Accessories4less these days? I know people used to love them, but lately I've been reading a lot of complaints about them on various forums - poor customer service, warranty problems, etc... I'm a bit weary of buying refurbished electronics, and that doesn't help...

xmp999

Nightfall wrote: »

Aventage not Adventage.

My spell checker is adamant that it's "advantage". We compromised with "adventage"

luhnk

I didn't spend 900 bucks, but I have an onkyo tx nr646 that powers rti a5's and a psw125 with ease

Upstatemax

IF you keep your eyes open, I've seen the Pioneer SC-87 pop up in the $900 range.

It has been a great receiver for me.

dalylaleahthor

If your set on the Aventage series of Yamaha. I say go for it. I just recently picked up a Cxa5000 to replace a Denon 3808 and I love it. I'm not saying that I didnt like the Denon but the Yamaha paired with my Adcom was such a game changer. From my understanding the only difference between the 3040 and 5000 is that the 3040 has an amp section where as the 5000 is just a preamp.

halo

xmp999 wrote: »

How good is Accessories4less these days? I know people used to love them, but lately I've been reading a lot of complaints about them on various forums - poor customer service, warranty problems, etc... I'm a bit weary of buying refurbished electronics, and that doesn't help...

2 out of the three AVRs that I purchased from them failed in one aspect or another.

They are warrantied for one year from the date of the purchase to be repaired at an authorized repair center.

You can drive there or ship it there; in my experience, shipping was less expensive. If they can't fix it, the manufacturer will send you another refurbished unit.

The 1st receiver that I had repaired had issues a few months after I got it back; it is now out of warranty. The second receiver I had issues with couldn't be repaired so the manufacturer sent me a replacement.